Precollege Counselor

Bridge Palestine Program

Contract Duration: 2 Years
Category: Full-Time / Location: Gaza Strip
Opening date: 06 June 2016
Closing date: 19 June 2016

 
As part of the Bridge Palestine Program, The Welfare Association (Taawon), a leading non-governmental organization supporting Palestinian development and relief efforts, is seeking an experienced Precollege Counselor who will provide counseling to the Bridge Palestine participants in Gaza Strip at the office of Taawon in Gaza.

General Overview:

Bridge Palestine:  a 3 year capacity building program targeting 400 select tenth graders. The project aims to optimize opportunities for high achieving, innovative and distinguished students in Palestine to enroll in internationally acclaimed universities. The students, through this process, will be accompanied by academic and professional counseling programs in a variety of fields. A focus on precollege guidance and counseling that enables students to prepare themselves academically for a wide range of educational opportunities. This includes individualized support throughout 11th and 12th grade, to help students to devise an early strategy that will help with college admissions.

Qualification:

- A Bachelor's or a master’s degree in education, communication, psychology, or a related field, from an accredited university in the USA or the UK
- A minimum of 3 year work experience in educational or social field.

The counselor may undertake training abroad over a variety of time frames based upon need.

Competencies:

- A good background in college student affairs, career counseling and higher education trends.
- Strong teaching, writing and communication skills.
- Willingness to work long and irregular hours.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Main responsibilities include:

- Identifying college preferences with student
- Setting Application Strategies.
- Timeline Management and Requirement Review including Standardized Test Planning.
- Student Essay Support (brainstorming, evaluation, feedback, proofreading)
- Admission Interview Preparation and Practice.

Detailed:

- Assist students and parents in understanding the college admission and financial aid processes by providing access to current, clear, and concise information concerning the wide range of postsecondary educational opportunities available, entrance requirements, financial aid, curricular offering, costs, admission and financial aid deadlines, and the variety of early admission and early decision programs available.
- Assist students and parents in understanding the techniques and strategies of educational exploration in the college admission process.
- Broaden student’s horizons by introducing them to the variety of postsecondary educational opportunities available and the educational routes to each.
- Assist students in selecting and registering for appropriate college admission tests, and in interpreting resulting test scores and their influence in the admission process.
- Assist students with developing a personal timeline or calendar for completing the tasks associated with the college admission process.
- Work with students and Bridge Palestine trainers in developing students’ essay-writing skills, and assist students in developing appropriate interviewing skills and in understanding the purpose of the college admission interview and their role in the process.
- Develop productive relationships with colleges to assist them in understanding the nature of the school curriculum and the quality of their students’ preparation.
- Develop and disseminate a school profile for use by colleges and universities.
- Work with college admission representatives to schedule visits to the school so that students will have opportunities to explore a variety of options.
- Advocate on behalf of students via letters of recommendation and personal communication with college representatives.
- Provide a supportive environment for students and parents and work to eliminate or reduce unnecessary anxiety too often associated with the college admission process.
- Assist students in dealing with difficult situations such as college admission and/or financial aid denials and in developing alternative strategies should this occur.

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